Clothes-line prop.



- w. P. BRIGGS.

CLOTHES LINE PROP. APPLICATION IILED IEB.24, 1908.

936,982, Patented 0ct.12,1909.

WITNESSES INVENTEIR ATTORNEY WILLIAM E. BRIGGS, OF BRISTOL, RHODE ISLAND.

CLOTHES-LINE PROP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 12, 1909.

Application filed February 24, 1908. Serial No. 417,598.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM- F. BRIGGS, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Bristol, in the State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Clothes-Line Props, of which the following is a specification.

The nature of my invention consists in an improvement upon the invention shown in my Letters Patent of the United States, No. 866,576, whereby the strength and action of the closing jaw of the prop will be improved.

In the accompanying drawing: Figure 1, represents a side elevation of a clothesline prop provided with my improvement. Fig. 2, represents an edge view of the same. Fig. 3, represents the upper end of the prop enlarged, showing the movable jaw in its closed position. Fig. 4, represents the same with the movable jaw opened to receive the clothesline. Fig. 5. represents a section showing the specific construction of the movable jaw and its downwardly extending guide. Fig. 6, represents an enlarged top end view of the prop. Fig. 7 represents an enlarged detail edge view, showing the turning button by means of which the movable jaw is operated.

In the drawing, A represents a wooden pole, provided at its upper end with the notch B, adapted to receive the clothesline C. The movable jaw D is formed by bending the upper end of the wire rod E, as shown in Fig. 5, the said jaw being provided with the downward extension or guide F which is loosely held in a hole G bored in a direction longitudinally of the pole, and by means of the guide F, the necessity of using staples for guiding the wire rod E to prevent lateral movement is avoided, and a strengthening brace is provided for the jaw. The lower end of the rod E is jointed to the button H, which is pivoted to the edge of the pole A, at the point I,so that when the button H is turned in the direction of the arrow, the jaw D will be brought down to engagement with the clothes line, as shown in Fig. 1.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a clothesline prop, the combination of the pole provided at its end with a notch for receiving the line, and with a hole, with a rod bent at its outer end to form the jaw for closing upon the line, and having a downwardly extending projection loosely held in the said hole made to receive it, and means for operating the said jaw to clasp the line, substantially as described.

2. In a clothesline prop, the combination of a pole provided with a hole and a button pivoted to the pole, with a rod jointed to the button and bent at its outer end to form the movable jaw for closing upon the line, and having a downwardly extending projection loosely held in the said hole in the pole made to receive it, substantially as described.

WILLIAM F. BRIGGS.

Witnesses:

SocRATEs SCHOLFIELD, BENJAMIN L. DENNIS. 

